How The Conners wrote off Roseanne Conner

Variety

The series premiere of the Roseanne spinoff wasted no time revealing the fate of Roseanne Barr's character. As Caroline Framke explains, the explanation of Roseanne Conner's death included a scene that was "an example of how The Conners can keep up the Roseanne revival’s commitment to being More Political without knocking the audience over the head with Fox News versus MSNBC talking points."

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